Carrot will report the weather in your own voice on iOS 17 You can also make the app impersonate celebrity voices if you don’t fancy hearing yourself being imitated. | Image: Carrot / The VergeCarrot Weather — the forecasting app known for its hilariously snarky weather updates — is introducing some new features that make use of the iOS 17 and watchOS 10 software updates coming today, including new weat…

The cable bundle of the future is officially here Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeDisney and Charter’s historic agreement has introduced a new kind of cable bundle, and it could be the thing that saves cable TV… or destroys it. Continue reading…

Windows leader Panos Panay is leaving Microsoft Panos Panay | Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergePanos Panay, the chief product officer at Microsoft, leading Windows development and the company’s Surface line, is leaving Microsoft. In an email on Monday, Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s vice president of experience and devices, told employees: “After nearly 20 years at the company, Panos Panay has deci…

Grand Theft Auto V is now 10 years old Grand Theft Auto V turns 10. | Image: Rockstar GamesIt’s been exactly 10 years since Grand Theft Auto V first launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, followed soon after by Grand Theft Auto Online. In a thread on X today, Rockstar Games thanked fans, calling them “the reason GTA V has thrived across multiple console generations.” Last week,…

Tim Cook talks advertising on X, Vision Pro, and more in a new interview Laura Normand / The VergeApple CEO Tim Cook acknowledges in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning that there are “some things about” the platform formerly known as Twitter that he doesn’t like. Cook called the platform’s apparent anti-Semitism problem “abhorrent” but said, “Twitter is an important property; I like the concept that it’s there for …

The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible The Home Assistant Green can be the main command center for your smart home. | Image: Home AssistantBuy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store. Good luck buying a new kitchen appliance that does…

Apple’s USB-C shift could bring back the MagSafe Duo and Battery Pack Photo by Dan Seifert / The VergeMark Gurman writes in the subscriber edition of his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg from this morning that he expects Apple to finish its transition to USB-C by 2025. Gurman says that, in addition to other products, he expects the company will release USB-C versions of the now-discontinued MagSafe Battery Pack a…

Apple continues to use our own mortality as marketing Apple touted the watch and iPhone’s lifesaving feature in a new ad. | Screenshot by Emma Roth / The VergeIn recent years, Apple’s presentations have started to feature a new type of messaging: without an Apple Watch, you might be mauled by a bear, drown inside a sinking car, get stuck in a trash compactor, or even succumb to hypothermia after fa…

How to reinvent your phone without buying a new one Image: William Joel / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 6, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, first of all, hi, hello, welcome, and second of all, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been watching the wacky sci-fi series Command Z from Steven Sode…

TikTok will fund Black Friday deals to take on Amazon Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeTikTok will try to boost its new online marketplace, TikTok Shop, by funding heavy discounts for the holiday shopping season, starting on October 27th, reports Bloomberg. The social video site reportedly hopes that by subsidizing up-to-50 percent discounts, it can gain a foothold with US holiday shoppers, …

Lightning was great, actually Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThe world is rightfully celebrating the iPhone’s switch from Lightning to USB-C this week. People love to hate on Lightning — and they have good reasons to. Many of the world’s most popular devices now use USB-C ports, including Apple’s own iPads, meaning iPhone owners have been stuck toting around an e…

Everything you need to know about switching to USB-C Photo by Nilay Patel / The VergeAre you an iPhone user looking to upgrade to… the iPhone? Well, you’ll have more to consider this time around since the new iPhone 15 comes with a USB-C port, ending an 11-year run for the company’s proprietary Lightning charging plug. USB Type-C (or just USB-C) is the universal charging and data-transferring co…

The Nintendo Switch OLED and jet-black Xbox Series S are both on sale right now Who needs the drab white model, anyway? | Image: NintendoIt’s been an exciting week for Nintendo Switch fans. First, Nintendo announced a whole bunch of games as part of its latest Direct event, including F-Zero 99 — a battle royale spin on the classic racing title — and remakes of both Mario and Donkey Kong and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Do…

OnePlus’ next tablet is a budget model called the OnePlus Pad Go The OnePlus Pad as pictured in The Verge’s April review. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The VergeOnePlus is making a new budget tablet called the OnePlus Pad Go, according to Digital Trends. It will have an 11.6-inch 2.4K screen with a 144Hz refresh rate, according to the article, and will launch with OnePlus’ OxygenOS 13. It’s not clear when it’s com…

The newest Steam Deck preview tests VRR, HDR, and improvements for Starfield Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeValve’s next major SteamOS update brings some significant new display settings as well as some new performance improvements to Steam Deck. You can read all about the SteamOS 3.5 update in a blog post on the Steam website. Two major new features are support for variable refresh rates (VRR) and HDR if you’re using …

X will now tell you if someone deletes a post you annotated with a Community Note Illustration: The VergeIf you add a Community Post to a post on X (formerly Twitter), X will tell you if the person who wrote the post deletes it, the company said on Friday. “Contributors consistently say their goal is to keep others well-informed,” X wrote on the Community Notes account. “This can happen when a helpful note appears on a post, …

Meta’s next smart glasses may have just shown up in FCC filings Photo by Amanda Lopez for The VergeMeta’s next pair of smart glasses made in partnership with Ray-Ban owner Luxottica might be released sometime soon. As spotted by Lowpass’ Janko Roettgers, a listing for a pair of smart glasses by Luxottica Group has surfaced in the FCC’s database. Given that the original Ray-Ban Stories are listed under Luxott…

The iPhone 15 Pro’s 5G modem reportedly boosts speeds by up to 24 percent Photo by Nilay Patel / The VergeThe iPhone 15 Pro could come with better 5G connectivity. That’s according to data from SpeedSmart (via 9to5Mac), which indicates that the iPhone 15 Pro will offer up to 24 percent faster download 5G speeds when compared to its iPhone 14 Pro predecessor. As shown by the data from SpeedSmart, the biggest jump occur…

Valve is taking up to 20 percent off the Steam Deck to celebrate Steam’s 20th anniversary Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeAnother week, another roundup of celebratory anniversary sales to take advantage of. First up is Valve, which is discounting the Steam Deck through September 21st in honor of Steam’s recent 20th anniversary. There are a number of configurations of Valve’s handheld gaming PC to choose from, with the 64GB configura…

X continues to throttle links to competitors Twitter is called X now, and the logo still looks weird to anyone who was used to the blue bird. | Illustration: The VergeThe platform formerly known as Twitter still takes a surprisingly long time to load a few bytes of data — at least, if that data leads to a platform that Elon Musk might consider a competitor. An analysis by The Markup has fo…